Thomas Clarady is recruited to spy on a group of radical Puritans at Cambridge University. Francis Bacon is his spymaster; his tutor in both tradecraft and religious politics. Their commission gets off to a deadly start when Tom finds...
Murder--Investigation
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Author:Castle, AnnaSummary: -
Author:Slade, ArthurSummary:Prince Conn will never be king. And that's just fine with him. He's ninth in line for the pirate throne and is quite happy to sail the skies in his airship with his crew of cheery misfits, plundering as they go. But one by one...
- Author:Washburn, Livia J.Summary:
Hollywood comes to Weatherford, Texas, as a movie company arrives to shoot scenes for a film based on the novel by Phyllis Newsom's friend Eve. But movie fantasy turns to deadly reality as a murder recreated for film turns out to be the...
- Author:Rader-Day, LoriSummary:
Bridey Kelly has come to the holiday home of Agatha Christie to care for children evacuated from the Blitz. When a body washes ashore, Bridey is horrified to realize this is not a victim of war, but of a brutal killing.
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Author:Emery, AnneSummary:There’s a killer on the premises of Christy Burke’s pub in Dublin, according to graffiti spray-painted on the wall. Father Brennan Burke, Christy’s grandson, is asked to investigate the vandalism. Brennan has been tending bar a bit...
- Author:Craig, Elizabeth StannSummary:
Cosette Whitlow is a society matron — if tiny Bradley, North Carolina has one. She kindly volunteers for all the town's charities, but isn’t nearly as kind to her own family, neighbors and friends. In fact, Cosette is emphatically...
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Author:Southin, GwendolynSummary:Journey into the fashionable art world of 1960s Vancouver as Margaret Spencer and Nat Southby return in Death as a Fine Art, the fifth book in the Margaret Spencer mystery series. The owner of the Silver Unicorn Art Gallery is dead, and...
- Author:Delany, VickiSummary:
"An immersive setting with details of running a Catskillsresort in the 1950s (think Kellerman’s in Dirty Dancing) beautifully frame a story with plot twistsand a cast of well-delineated characters."- Booklist. A summer of fun at a...
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Author:Jance, Judith A.Summary:Contacted to investigate the gruesome murder of a gold-digging divorcee on behalf of the woman accused of the crime, police academy-trained former reporter Ali Reynolds is simultaneously drawn into another case that could be related to...
- Author:Holford, JodySummary:
Former Army brat Molly Owens is ready to put down roots, and the picturesque seaside town of Britton Bay on the Oregon Coast seems like the perfect place for it. Especially when she lands a job as editor of the local paper. But she's...
- Author:La Plante, LyndaSummary:
Ruthless drug trafficker Alexander Fitzpatrick is one of the most wanted men in the Western Hemisphere. But for ten years, there's been no sign of him. Is he dead, or just trying to appear that way? When an ex-colleague from the...
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Author:Calder, SusanSummary:Paula Savard’s life has stalled. Her lukewarm love life, job as an insurance adjuster and grownup children are more frustrating than exciting. However, she gets more than she asked for when her once best friend, Callie, is murdered...
- Author:Gates, EvaSummary:
They're getting married! Lucy Richardson and Connor McNeil have announced their engagement. Their friends throw a party for the couple at Coquina Beach, close to Lucy's beloved Bodie Island Lighthouse Library. As they're packing up the...
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Author:Kupecek, LindaSummary:When former TV star Lulu Malone finds her evil union representative stabbed to death, her first instinct is to run. Unfortunately, the exit is crowded, as she has four actor friends with her. Without much choice, Lulu becomes enmeshed...
- Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:
A double homicide in the nation's capital opens the psychological case files—Detective Alex Cross. Kay Willingham led a life as glamorous as it was public—she was a gorgeous Georgetown socialite, philanthropist, and the ex-wife of the...
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Author:Bowen, GailSummary:Andy Boychuk is a successful Saskatchewan politician – until one sweltering August afternoon when the party faithful gather at a picnic. All of the key people in Boychuk’s life – family, friends, enemies – are there. Boychuk steps up to...
- Author:Flower, AmandaSummary:
Darby Piper is in shock. Samantha Porter-her mentor and business partner at Two Girls Detective Agency-has died in a car crash, and it doesn't look like an accident. In fact, the evidence is pointing toward Darby. Darby had expected to...
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Author:Sullivan, RandallSummary:In 2002, acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan's groundbreaking book LAbyrinth ignited a firestorm with its startling disclosures about corruption in the LAPD. It told the story of Russell Poole, a highly decorated LAPD detective, who...
- Author:Wallace, KaliSummary:
An investigator must solve a brutal murder on a claustrophobic asteroid mine in this tense science fiction thriller from the author of Salvation Day . Hester Marley used to have a plan for her life. But when a catastrophic attack left...
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Author:Staub, Wendy CorsiSummary:Just as a murderer dumps a corpse into the lake, Bella Jordan happens to be at her window, not quite realizing what she's seeing. But Bella's seen too much, and the murderer vows to return.
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